Genealogy of the Marshall Family,
including Medieval and Ancient Lines

Updated: 09-30-2024.

Submitted and Maintained by Bill Marshall, bill.marshall@verizon.net.


Additions and corrections appreciated (especially with sources). My current list of sources is here. Homepage here.

Index of Medieval and Ancient Lines is here, notable people here, and Gedcom available to be downloaded.

Index of Modern Lines (immigrants to America and their descendants) is here, notable people here, and Gedcom here.


Individual Page


Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell Birth: 1 Death: Abt May 1485
  2. Catherine MAXWELL Birth: England Death: England
  3. Edward MAXWELL Birth: 2
  4. Gavin MAXWELL Birth: 3 Death: After 28 May 1454

Marriage: Children:
  1. George MAXWELL Birth: 4
  2. David MAXWELL Birth: 5
  3. Adam MAXWELL Birth: 6
  4. John MAXWELL Birth: 7
  5. William MAXWELL Birth: 8
  6. Janet MAXWELL
  7. Mariot MAXWELL

Bibliography
  1. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
  2. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 09, Moels-Nugent. London: St Catherine Press, 1936. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP IX [Ap][p0-9].*].
  3. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 07 Hussee-Lincolnshire. London: St Catherine Press, 1929. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  4. Cokayne, George Edward, Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom, extant, extinct, or dormant, vol 08, Lindley-Moate. London: St Catherine Press, 1932. Reprinted (4 per page) Gloucester: A Sutton, 1982. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/271412 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: CP VIII [Ap][p0-9].*].
  5. Ravilious, John, Bruce of Airth. Posting to soc.genealogy.medieval (email list GEN-MEDIEVAL) on 11/12/2003. Subject: Bruce of Airth: A Royal Descent from Robert III, King of Scots. Available at https://groups.google.com/g/soc.genealogy.medieval/c/si-9S-01loA/m/N1DKOvlEevUJ. Author address: Therav3 at aol dot com. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/12/2003-175335].
  6. Paget, Gerald, The Lineage and Ancestry of H.R.H. Prince Charles, Prince of Wales. London: Charles Skilton Ltd, 1977. Nypl ARF+ 78-835. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p[0-9]*].
  7. Richardson, Douglas, Royal Ancestry. Salt Lake City, Utah: Douglas Richardson, 2013. NYPL JFF 16-1184 v1-5 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Richardson RoyalAnc v1[pc][0-9]*].
  8. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP II p[0-9]*].
  9. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP IV p[0-9]*].
  10. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP V p[0-9]*].
  11. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VI p[0-9]*].
  12. Paul, Sir James Balfour, Scots Peerage: founded on Wood's edition of Sir Robert Douglas's peerage of Scotland; containing an historical and genealogical account of the nobility of that Kingdom. Edinburgh: David Douglas, 1904. NYPL ARO (Scots Peerage) (too fragile to copy). Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/216265. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: SP VIII p[0-9]*].
  13. Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, Medieval Heritage: The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England, The Genealogist, 2:157-68, 3:25-44, 3:175-94, 4:144-58, 5:64-72, 5:226-39, 6:100-3, 6:148-65, 7-8:137-43, 9:40-4, 10:73-85, 11:63-72, 11:184-93, 12:83-90, 12:250-6, 13:92-9, 13:252-6, 14:81-4, 14:207-10, 15:99-103, 15:220-4, 16:93-8, 16:227-31, 17:61-4, 17:250-5, 18:123-7, 18:228-31, 19:62-8, 19:251-5, 20:85-8, 20:184-90, 21:71-5, 21:250-4, 22:101-6, 22:186-91, 23:73-9, 23:203-8, 24:110-27, 24:239-54, 25:56-73, 25:214-32, 26:77-101, 26:202-26, 27:189, 28:90, 33:300. NYPL APA 82-1000. Available at https://www.americanancestors.org/databases/genealogist-the/image/. Reprinted, with further corrections, as Thompson, Neil D, and Hansen, Charles M, The Ancestry of Charles II, King of England: A Medieval Heritage. Saline, Michigan: McNaughton & Gunn, 2012. NYPL ARF 13-5787. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Thompson CharlesII v[0-9]*-[0-9]*].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
first son [Ref: CP VIII p589, SP VI p474],
parents:
[Ref: CP VIII p589, SP VI p474]
Sources for death Information
date:
1454 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p214]
before 14 Feb 1453/4 [Ref: SP VI p475]
between 23 Dec 1453 and 14 Feb 1453/4 [Ref: CP VIII p590]
Sources with Information about marriage to (Unk) HERRIES
date:
first marriage of Herbert [Ref: Burke Peerage p1353, CP VIII p590],
names:
Herbert MAXWELL & dau Sir Herbert HERRIES [Ref: Burke Peerage p1353, CP VII p121, CP VIII p590, SP IV p402, SP VI p475]
Sir Herbert MAXWELL & ___ HERRIES [Ref: John Ravilious SGM 11/12/2003-175335, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p655],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1353, CP VII p121, CP VIII p590, John Ravilious SGM 11/12/2003-175335, Richardson RoyalAnc v1p655, SP VI p475]
Sources with Information about marriage to Catherine SETON
date:
second marriage of Catherine [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p214, SP V p348, SP VIII p575]
second marriage of both [Ref: CP VIII p590, SP VI p475, Thompson CharlesII v04-145],
child:
[Ref: Burke Peerage p1145, SP VI p476]
Research Notes:
1st Lord Maxwell, of Barony cr 1445 [Ref: CP VIII p589]
1st Lord Maxwell [Ref: Burke Peerage p1353, CP VII p121, Paget HRHCharles p214]

heir of his father [Ref: CP VIII p589]



Pedigree of Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
                                                                /-----Herbert De MACCUSWELL
                                                       /-----Sir Aymer De MAXWELL
                                              /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
                                             |        |         /-----Roland McGEACHAN
                                             |         \-----Mary
                                     /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                            /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
                   /-----Sir John De MAXWELL
          /-----Sir Robert De MAXWELL
         |         \-----Christian
 /-----Sir Herbert De MAXWELL
Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
|                                                               /-----Walter FITZALAN, High Steward Of Scotland
|                                                      /-----Alan High Steward Of Scotland
|                                                     |         \-----Sechym De MOILE
|                                             /-----Walter Stewart, High Steward Of Scotland
|                                            |        |         /-----Swan
|                                            |         \-----Eva
|                                    /-----Alexander STEWART, High Steward Of Scotland
|                                   |        |                  /-----Gilbride Earl Of Angus
|                                   |        |         /-----Gilchrist Earl Of Angus
|                                   |        |        |         \-----(Unk Dau) Of Dunbar
|                                   |         \-----Beatrix Of Angus
|                           /-----Sir John STEWART
|                          |        |                           /-----(Unk) De COMYN
|                          |        |                  /-----Richard COMYN
|                          |        |         /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                          |        |        |        |         /-----Uchtred Of Tynedale
|                          |        |        |         \-----Hextilde of Tynedale
|                          |        |        |                  \-----Bethoc Of Scotland
|                          |         \-----Joanna
|                          |                 |                  /-----Roger Earl Of Buchan
|                          |                 |         /-----Fergus Earl Of Buchan
|                          |                  \-----Margaret Countess Of Buchan
|                  /-----Sir Walter STEWART, Lord Of Dalswinton
|                 |        |                                    /-----Sir Ranulf De BONKYL
|                 |        |                           /-----Alexander De BONKYL
|                 |        |                  /-----Adam De Bonkyl
|                 |        |         /-----Alexander De Bonkyl
|                 |        |        |        |                  /-----William COMYN, Earl Of Buchan
|                 |        |        |        |         /-----Richard COMYN
|                 |        |        |        |        |         \-----(Unk)
|                 |        |        |         \-----(Unk) COMYN
|                 |         \-----Margaret De Bonkyl
|                 |                 |                           /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                 |                 |                  /-----Sir Parick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                 |                 |                 |         \-----Ada
|                 |                 |         /-----Patrick DUNBAR, Earl Of Dunbar
|                 |                 |        |        |         /-----William De BRUS, Lord Of Annandale
|                 |                 |        |         \-----Euphemia
|                 |                 |        |                  \-----Christina
|                 |                  \-----Christiana DUNBAR
|                 |                          |                  /-----Robert FITZ ROGER, Baron Of Whalton
|                 |                          |         /-----John FITZ ROBERT, MC Surety
|                 |                          |        |         \-----Margery De CHESNEY, Lady Of Horsford
|                 |                           \-----Cecilia
|                 |                                   |         /-----Hugh De BALIOL, Baron Of Bywell
|                 |                                    \-----Ada De BALIOL
|                 |                                             \-----Cicely De FONTAINES
|         /-----John STEWART
 \-----Katherine STEWART



Descendants of Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell
1. Sir Herbert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m1. (Unk) HERRIES m2. Catherine SETON
m. (Unk) HERRIES father: Sir Herbert HERRIES mother: Margaret
m. Catherine SETON father: Sir William SETON mother: Janet DUNBAR

2nd generation

2. Sir Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Janet FORRESTER
m. Janet FORRESTER father: Sir John FORRESTER mother: Jean SINCLAIR
3. Catherine MAXWELL m. Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy
m. Gilbert KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy father: Sir James KENNEDY mother: Mary STEWART
4. Edward MAXWELL m. Margaret MUNDUELL
m. Margaret MUNDUELL father: Henry MUNDUELL
12. Mariot MAXWELL m. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK
m. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK father: Sir Roger KIRKPATRICK mother: Margaret SOMERVILLE

3rd generation

13. John MAXWELL, Master Of Maxwell m. Janet CRICHTON
m. Janet CRICHTON father: George CRICHTON, Earl Of Caithness mother: Janet BORTHWICK
20. John KENNEDY, Lord Kennedy m1. Elizabeth MONTGOMERY m2. Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll m3. Elizabeth KENNEDY
m. Elizabeth MONTGOMERY father: Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie mother: Elizabeth HEPBURN
m. Elizabeth GORDON, Countess Of Erroll father: Alexander SETON, Lord Gordon, Earl Of Huntley mother: Elizabeth CRICHTON
m. Elizabeth KENNEDY
25. Walter KENNEDY m. Christina HYND
m. Christina HYND
26. Catherine KENNEDY m. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie
m. Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie father: Alexander MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Montgomerie mother: Elizabeth HEPBURN
29. (Unk) KENNEDY m. George CAMPBELL
m. George CAMPBELL father: Sir George CAMPBELL mother: Elizabeth STEWART
30. Edward MAXWELL m. Egidia DOUGLAS
m. Egidia DOUGLAS
31. Sir Thomas KIRKPATRICK m. Margaret SINCLAIR
m. Margaret SINCLAIR
32. Henry KIRKPATRICK m. Elizabeth GRIERSON
m. Elizabeth GRIERSON father: Roger GRIERSON mother: Isabel KIRKPATRICK

4th generation

33. John MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m. Agnes STEWART
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir Alexander STEWART mother: Elizabeth DOUGLAS
41. Janet MAXWELL m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle
m. William CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle father: John CARLYLE, Master Of Carlyle
43. Katherine KENNEDY m. Thomas KENNEDY
m. Thomas KENNEDY father: Gilbert KENNEDY
44. David KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis m1. Agnes BORTHWICK m2. Margaret BOYD
m. Agnes BORTHWICK father: Sir William BORTHWICK, Lord Borthwick
m. Margaret BOYD father: Thomas BOYD, Earl Of Arran mother: Mary STEWART
45. Janet KENNEDY m1. Sir Alexander GORDON m2. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus m3. James IV King Of Scots m4. Sir John RAMSAY, Lord Bothwell
m. Sir Alexander GORDON father: Sir John GORDON mother: Annabella BOYD
m. Archibald DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus father: George DOUGLAS, Earl Of Angus mother: Isabel SIBBALD
m. James IV King Of Scots father: James III King Of Scots mother: Margaret Of Denmark
m. Sir John RAMSAY, Lord Bothwell father: (Unk) RAMSAY mother: Janet NAPIER
46. Elizabeth KENNEDY m. Sir William COLVILLE
m. Sir William COLVILLE father: Sir Robert COLVILLE mother: Eupheme WALLACE
47. Helen KENNEDY m1. Robert GRAHAM m2. Adam BOYD
m. Robert GRAHAM
m. Adam BOYD father: Alexander BOYD, Lord Boyd mother: Janet COLVILLE
48. Margaret KENNEDY m. Andrew STEWART, Lord Avondale
m. Andrew STEWART, Lord Avondale father: Alexander STEWART
49. Alexander KENNEDY m.
56. Hugh MONTGOMERIE, Earl Of Eglintoun m. Helen CAMPBELL
m. Helen CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL, Lord Campbell, Earl Of Argyll mother: Elizabeth STEWART
60. Euphemia MONTGOMERY m. Sir Robert BRUCE
m. Sir Robert BRUCE father: John BRUCE mother: Elizabeth MENTEITH
61. Sir Hugh CAMPBELL m. Isobel WALLACE
m. Isobel WALLACE father: Sir Thomas WALLACE
64. Isabel CAMPBELL m. Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine
m. Robert ERSKINE, Lord Erskine father: Alexander ERSKINE, Lord Erskine mother: Christian CRICHTON
66. Herbert MAXWELL m. Margaret DOUGLAS
m. Margaret DOUGLAS

5th generation

70. Robert MAXWELL, Lord Maxwell m1. Janet DOUGLAS m2. Agnes STEWART
m. Janet DOUGLAS father: Sir William DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth GORDON
m. Agnes STEWART father: Sir James STEWART, Earl Of Buchan mother: Margaret (MURRAY)
80. Michael CARLYLE, Lord Carlyle m1. Janet CHARTBRIS m2. Mariot MAXWELL
m. Janet CHARTBRIS
m. Mariot MAXWELL
81. Alexander KENNEDY m. Marion DUNBAR
m. Marion DUNBAR father: John DUNBAR mother: Janet STEWART
82. Katherine KENNEDY m1. Quintin MURE m2. William HAMILTON
m. Quintin MURE
m. William HAMILTON
83. Christina KENNEDY m. John KENNEDY
m. John KENNEDY
84. Gilbert KENNEDY, Earl Of Cassillis m. Isabel CAMPBELL
m. Isabel CAMPBELL father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Elizabeth STEWART
88. Janet GORDON m1. Lachlan MACKINTOSH m2. James OGILVY
m. Lachlan MACKINTOSH
m. James OGILVY father: Alexander OGILVY mother: Jonet ABERNETHY
89. James STEWART, Earl Of Moray m1. Marion STEWART m2. Elizabeth CAMPBELL
m. Marion STEWART
m. Elizabeth CAMPBELL father: Colin CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Jean GORDON
90. Elizabeth COLVILLE m1. Robert COLVILLE m2. Patrick COLQUHOUN
m. Robert COLVILLE father: William COLVILLE
m. Patrick COLQUHOUN
93. Andrew STEWART, Lord Ochiltree m. Margaret HAMILTON
m. Margaret HAMILTON father: James HAMILTON, Earl Of Arran mother: Beatrice DRUMMOND
94. Henry STEWART, Lord Methven m1. Leslie m2. Margaret TUDOR m3. Janet STEWART
m. Leslie
m. Margaret TUDOR father: Henry VII TUDOR, King Of England mother: Elizabeth PLANTAGENET
m. Janet STEWART father: John STEWART, Earl Of Atholl mother: Janet CAMPBELL
99. John MONTGOMERIE, Master Of Eglintoun m. Elizabeth EDMONSTOUN
m. Elizabeth EDMONSTOUN father: Sir Archibald EDMONSTOUN mother: Janet SHAW
101. Sir Neil MONTGOMERIE m. Margaret MURE
m. Margaret MURE father: Quintin MURE
104. Margaret MONTGOMERIE m. William SEMPILL, Lord Sempill
m. William SEMPILL, Lord Sempill father: Sir John SEMPILL, Lord Sempill mother: Margaret COLVILLE
111. Robert BRUCE m1. Janet FORRESTER m2. Marion BRUCE
m. Janet FORRESTER father: Sir Walter FORRESTER
m. Marion BRUCE father: Sir David BRUCE mother: Jean BLACADDER
112. Jonet BRUCE m. William LIVINGSTON
m. William LIVINGSTON father: William LIVINGSTON mother: Elizabeth GRAHAM
113. Sir Hugh CAMPBELL m1. Elizabeth STEWART m2. Agnes DRUMMOND
m. Elizabeth STEWART father: Matthew STEWART, Earl Of Lennox mother: Elizabeth HAMILTON
m. Agnes DRUMMOND father: Sir John DRUMMOND mother: Margaret Of Scotland
120. John ERSKINE, Lord Erskine m. Margaret CAMPBELL
m. Margaret CAMPBELL father: Archibald CAMPBELL, Earl Of Argyll mother: Elizabeth STEWART
121. James ERSKINE m. Christine STIRLING
m. Christine STIRLING
124. Margaret ERSKINE m1. Robert DOUGLAS m2. James V King Of Scots m3. James HALDANE
m. Robert DOUGLAS father: Thomas DOUGLAS mother: Elizabeth BOYD
m. James V King Of Scots father: James IV King Of Scots mother: Margaret TUDOR
m. James HALDANE